30cal_Fun Posted May 30, 2010 Posted May 30, 2010 Hi, It's been a while since I started building my Japanese style forge, but it's finally finished! Below a description of how I did it. First I lifted the old bbq/forge from its place and moved it to it's new spot on the concrete plateau in the back of the yard. Then I cut a few firebricks to size with an angle grinder. these bricks were easy to shape with it. I got the bricks from a fellow forum member on a Dutch blade forum. The I started building, layer for layer, letting each one dry for a week. below a picture of the old bbq/forge that I used as a base. No sense letting all that good concrete go to waste: Here she is after the first layer: Then the second and last layer: Then a top coat to make the surface nice and smooth: Here a few pictures of me at work: And the brand new anvil I got last week! And this is how she will look during forging, I am not building it up further, because this way I can just add or remove bricks when necessary. I didn't move the tuyère (air pipe) as planned, I will see how this goes first. So far the build of my new charcoal forge. I have O2 Toolsteel (1.2842) and S4 Springsteel (1.2826) on the way and in tree weeks, I'll have all the time in the world to start forging blades! I also plan on making some Tsuba's so with this new forge I can blacken them nicely. Let me know what you think, Louis Quote
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